Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New York instead of Ireland, you would:

Economy

make 30.1% less money

Ireland has a GDP per capita of $131,592 as of 2025, while in New York, the GDP per capita is $91,992 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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